Discovery BoxNehemiah 5:11 
Context5:11 This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest 1 that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.”
Nehemiah 13:9-10
Context13:9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment 2 of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.
13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.
1 tc The MT reads וּמְאַת (umÿ’at, “and the hundredth”) which is somewhat enigmatic. The BHS editors suggest emending to וּמַשַּׁאת (umasha’t, “and the debt”) which refers to the interest or collateral (pledge) seized by a creditor (Deut 24:10; Prov 22:26; see HALOT 641-42 s.v. מַשָּׁא). The term מַשַּׁאת (masha’t) is related to the noun מָשָּׁא (masha’, “debt”) in 5:7, 10.
2 tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.
